Three Charged with Conspiring to Divert $2.5 Billion in AI Servers from U.S. to China

DOJ charged three individuals, Shyan Liaw (U.S. citizen), Ruei-Tsang Chang, and Ting-Wei Sun (both Taiwanese citizens), with conspiring to divert $2.5 billion in high-performance AI servers to China between 2024-2025 using false documentation. Liaw and Sun arrested. The case is the largest AI technology diversion prosecution by dollar value and illustrates the scale of illicit compute transfer that the 2026 threat assessment flagged as a top counterintelligence concern under the China technology competition heading.